Roots
This root is a Latin root that means medicine or think.
What is med?
This is the definition of for the latin root med . Example: Meditation is the act of thinking about something very carefully and deeply for a long time.the definition for the latin root med.
What is think?
Using the root med, add a prefix and create a new word. Explain its meaning.
What is biomedical, remediate, meditate, paramedic, remedy...?
Using your anchor chart, add a suffix to the root med. Explain the words meaning.
Example: medical, meditate, meditation
pre + med + i + t + ate +ed
Premeditated: to think about before
This root is a Latin root that means yield or move away.
What is ceed, cess?
What is the definition for the Latin root cede, cess, ceed? The water began to recede.
Cede means to move away.
re means back so recede means to move back
Create a word adding a prefix to the the Latin root ceed or cess.
Example: success, incessant, proceed, succeed
Using your anchor chart, add any affix to the Latin root cess or ceed. Explain the meaning of your new word.
What is cessation?
pro + cede + ure
procedure
This root is a Latin root that means build.
What is struct?
What is struct? A structure the state of building.
Using your anchor chart, add a prefix to the Latin root STRUCT or STRU. Explain the words meaning.
Construt means with + build. To construct is to build with something.
Using your, anchor chart add any affix to the Latin root STRUCT.
Indestructible means not+down+build+able to.
Being indestructible means you are not able to be torn down.
de + struct + ive
Descructive means down + build + making.
Descructive is the process of tearing down something that has been built.
This is a Latin root that means take or grasp?
What is ceive and cept?
Which root means to not fully grasp or comprehend?
It was inconceivable that they simply didn't know.
What is inconceivable?
Use your anchor chart to add a prefix to the Latin root ceive or cept. Explain the words meaning.
What is receive, deceive..?
Use your anchor chart to add any affix to the Latin root ceive or cept. Explain the words meaning.
What is inconceivable?
per + ceive + ed
Perceived means grasp as in comprehend completely
This is a Latin root means both.
What is amb?
Which root means to both?
Students sometimes struggle with the ambiguities of the English language.
What is ambiguities?
Use your anchor chart to add a prefix to the Latin root amb Explain the word meaning.
What is unambiguous?
Use your anchor chart to add an affix or two to the Latin Root amb
What is ambiguous, ambivalent, ambidextrous, ambiguity?
am + ig + u + ous
ambiguous